View Poll Results: Changing engine oil hot or cold? Whats better?
Change your oil while its hot, after a nice ride.
7
17.95%
Change your oil while its warm, start it up let it run for a short while.
29
74.36%
Change your oil while its cold, let it sit overnight and cool off.
3
7.69%
Take your motorcycle to a shop and let them handle it.
0
0%
Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll
Changing oil warm or cold?
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Service Manual: Start the engine and let it idle for 3 - 5 minutes. Stop the engine and wait 2 - 3 minutes.
"The oil should be drained from the engine whilst it is at normal operating temperature. This ensures that the oil is relatively thin and will therefore drain quicker and more completely. Also, any impurities will be held in suspension."
Just thought I'd add that. It makes sense, although I don't know how much difference it makes....maybe little to none.
It would be cool to see a study on motors that were drained hot and cold. The world may never know. lol..
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IDD - I saw the other thread with your pics, and have to say that is probably the #1 "why didn't I think of that" idea on this whole site. Luckily I hadn't done the first oilchange on mine before I saw it. I used a piece of Vinyl siding channel I had laying around (Just have to make sure the headers aren't hot enough to melt it.)
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When changing the filter, I use a piece of 2" angle aluminum as a catch bin.
Jiffy Lube has nothing on me. lol..
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right now the survey has a 35:2 ratio of warm/hot to cold - While it's not a huge sample, it is random, and it is a significant answer. Most of us warm our bikes up to some degree before changing the oil.
Also - if you're simply trying to figure out the temp @ whch the oil should be changed, then your survey is flawed by adding the dealer option. You gave an option that doesn't correlate to the other questions.